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The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15
Sudden Chanaes of Ctt,nate.

If We are in the West Indies, or even
in Florida, and wish to come North i n
winter, we try to make the change
gradual. But in our houses we keep up
a tropical climate, or worse, for you have
not the freshness of air that prevails in
on open tropical atmosphere, and we step
at once into an atmosphere as much cold
er as 40 degrees difference of latitude
will make it. 1t is in effect going from
Cuba to Iceland-or at least to New
York-at a step, and we make the jour
ney perhaps a dozen times q day. And
often, while we are still shut up in our
domic1liary Cuban climate, Iceland comes
down upon US from an open window.
Especially is this likely to occur in
schooI-houses, where children win in
stinctively seek to get q breath of fresh
air that has not had its natural refresh
ing qualities quite cooked out Of it by
hot stoves, furnaces, or steam pipes
And all these sudden changes and shocks
Of cold come upon us while the whole
system has It's vitality and powers Of re-
sistance gagged down to the low ne.
c~essities Of a tropical climate. Popular
Gcience Monthly.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15
An Incident of the War,

At a meeting of the Loyal Legion the
other evening / was reminded of n of
the most peculiar incidents of the war,
which has never been published. While
we were before Atlanta we had pushed
up our lines close against the breast
works of the Confederates until we were
within a few yards of each other. There
were two brigades, separated only by a
~ravine. Every time a man showed him.
self above his works he was peppered
at. Down in the ravine was a spring,
and both sides used to go there at night
to get water, nobody daring to approach
it by daylight. One day a heavy fog
fell over the camp, and every mar at
once arose up, glad to stretch and be
able to walk around without being shot
at. Some of the men were cooking their
meat and boiling their coffee, and others
walked around on the works. Suddenly,
without an instant's warning, a gust of
wind came up and blew the fog away
about as quickly as you could snap your
finger, and there were The men of the two
opposing brigades out in plain view upon
their works, so exposed that a volley
would have moved down half of them.
But no n was prepared for the emer-
gency; not a gun in hand; not one made
an effort to arm himself. Thus both
sides faced each 9th ,r in suspense. Then,
by some inexplicabIe impulse, a party of
the Confederates, which had evidently
started to the spring, pots in hand, con-
tinued leisurely on their way. do not
know why, but our men did not modest
them, and some even went down to the
spring themselves. What follows seems
strange. A tacit truce was declared,
and during the few days that the two
brigades continued to face each other
across the ravine is continued, and not a
shot was fred by the men of one side at
the men of the other. They would fire
upon the brigades at either side and
diagonaliy, but never at each other, and
the men would meet in the ravine to
trade and converse. ] tell this narrative
to show that there was no bitterness
between the individuals of the two sides.
Both were fighting for the cause
Globe Democrat.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15
Everything But Chairs.

A tourist who has made his tenth
trip across the Atlantic, begins to think
that the steamship companies might as
well expect q passenger to take his own
table over with him as to compel him to
take chairs with him. He observes:
There are several lines of magnificent
new steamers, perfect floating palaces,
with every improvement and comfort
that human ingenuity and science can
snggest-large promenade decks, spa
cious smoking rooms, ladies' parlors, q
fine dining saloon, electric lights and
bells in every bed room, fetc.-but for
the most primitive article Of furniture,
which may be found in the poorest la
borer's hui, you look in vain on the deck
or that part Of ssthe steamer where, in
good n Gather, nine-tenths of the sspassen-
gers spend the whole day. Bring your
chair along II you want d seat, is the
motso Of all the European steamship
companies. Surely II IS time to put al
end to this idioaio custom.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15
MagsaettzafSon or Watches.

The chances Of injury to watches by
magretization have been greatly multi
piled BY the development Of the dynamo
and Its extensive application 10 electric
lightning and other purposes, 50 that it
is very common to find magnetized
watches in the bands of persons having
no connection whatever with electrical
masters. A watch readily becomes sufi-:
ciently magnetized to derange It's action
and render it entirely unreliable. Prox-
unity to . dynamo is necessary to ac-
cornplish ii. The remedy is administered
on the homeopathic principle, silnilia
similibus curantur. If the watch is suf.
fering from 90 attack Of magnetism,
magnetism must effect tho cure. The
watch Is tested to ascertain in. the first
place whether it Is magnetized and Id,
need Of treatment, and afterwafd to de-
ternine whether the treatment was eff
fectuat by presenting Its different sides
to 3 compass needle OF, better, an ordi-
nary cambria needle magnetizedsaad aus-
pended BY siagT fiBrs ofslEk attached
II IFS centre. The atlraetion~yo f the
needle ~ theswatchi Is not positive vi-
dence q its magnetization But II Il
end of the necdlo il attrac cd BIZ one
side Of the watch, and repcIled BIZ tie
other side ikinacHtes that the watch |,
magnetic -Eleshiea 1txU
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15
The Hardy I,tstutts.

In Henry w. Eliiott's work in Alask'
occurs tho following account Of an In
mutt village-ookivok by name-situ'
ated on the rocky sides of a barren and
towering island at the entrance to Ben
ring Strait:
sHere on the south side, clinging like
| nests of barn swallows, are the summer
houses of the Ookivok walrus hunters.
They are from so to 100 feet above the
brawling surf that breaks incessantly be.
meath thems and secuted to the perpen'
dicular cliffs by lashings and guys oil
walrus thongs. The wooden poles thus
fastened to the rocks are covered with
walrus hides. On these unique brackets
those hardy Innuits spend the warmer
weather. Their winter residences are
mere holes excavated in the interstlces
and assures of the same bluff to which
their fimsy summer dwellings are at
tached, the entrances to most OF them
being under the frail platforms upon
which these Mahlemoot families are
perched with all their rude household
belongings. The nakedness of the island
is SO great as to forbid life to even a
spear of grass or moss-nothing but
close leathery lichens, that grow SO
tightly to its weathered rocks that they
appear to be part and parcel of the
splintercd basaltic cubes or divine bluffs
themselves. A more uninviting spot for
human hab;tation could not be found in
all the savage solitudcs of the north. But
the Innuit is here not for the pleasure
of location; he is here for that command
which this station gives him over al
walrus herds floating up and down on
the ice foes OF Behring Sea at the sport
of varying moods of wind and current.
From the rugged crests of Kings Island
the native can apprehend drifting sea
horses as they sleep heavily on broad ,ce
cakes, and make ample preparation for
their capture. The violence Of the wind
is so great that the small, fat summit OF
this islet cannot be utilized as a place OF
residence = the winds that howl over
and around it's rock-strewn head would
hurl the %Innuits, bag and baggage, into
those angry waves which thunder in
~cessantiy below"
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15
FattiLu OuGr.reLs,

have no respect for the m who
runs around among her neighbors and
friends talking about her husbands
shortcomings and the various points of
differences between him and herself.
And have great contempt for the man
who is given to airing his matrimonial
grievances abroad. No third party can
ad just the differences that may exist be-
tween a man and his wife. If he and
she cannot settle their own affairs they
must go unsettled. There is nothing
more destructive to the peace and happi-
ness of a home that the daily little
chickering's and bits Of fault finding in
which so many husbands and wives in
dulge. Of course there are the sbluc
Monday" sort of days, when nothing
goes right, and a spirit of evil seems to
have taken possession of the entire house
hold. Such days come to best regulated
families. It is human nature. It is an
outcropping of our innate tendency t,
go wrong at times. Sometimes. l am
glad that such days come to u house,
for we are all so glad and happy after
we have '.kissed and made upo all
around. Inever say anything when l
hear husbands and wives declare that in
all the ten, fifteen or twenty years of
their married lives they have never had
ga single crossword" I keep mum be-
cause | hate to tell them | don't believe
what they say, and I just don't believe
it. We are not angels, and only angels
could live that way. But whatever our
differences do let us keep them to our
selves. Disaster follows in the wake of
the man or woman who tells to the
world his or her quarrels with John or
Mary. Mum is the word. Good House
keeping.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15
Took IT for a Prescrsnt;on

A gentleman received a note from his
lawyer which he was unable to DECEMBER.
On his way to his office he met a friend
at the door Of a drug store. The friend,
after vainly attempting to read the note.
suggested that they stepinside and hand
it to the druggist without comment.
Inc druggist, after studying it in silence
Tor . few minutes, stepped behind the
prescription case and in a short time re-
turned with q bottle of medicine, duly
labeled and bearing directions. When
the gentleman saw his lawyer he was in
formed that the note wal q notice for
him to call at his Office between 8 and 4
o'clock P. m. Of the following day
american Aaalyis6.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15
Nenu Use for CntMe.:

A new use for cattle has been ap-
parently found in Prussia, where a band
Of smugglers employ a cow in their at
tempts to avoid the tax on lace. A
strong ten months old cow was wrap.
ped around with a quantity of lace
valued at $1,000. Over this was fitted a
false skin so ingenious!y constructed as
to defy detection. They passed the cow
quite easily at the customs office, the
men there admiring her size and
beauty, some of the excise officers even
Offering her bread. The owners of the
COW were kept in suspense, while the
cow quietly strolled on, quite uncon-
scics1s of the numerous whacks and
pokes she received from the smugglers
who wanted to hasten her gait. How
ever, all things have an end, and the
COW was at length got out of the
dangerous vicinity of the excisemen,
much to the relief of her owners
CuhiDat0r.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15

of ebony ~three-eighths of an inch wide.
Standing twenty or more feet from the
plate, the old man lays agun barrel upon
a convenient rest in such a way that its
aim is directly at the ebony bar. stoop-
ing, he looks through the barrel from
the rear, turning it slowly around and
adjusting it from time to time with eS
IRENE cars and nicely.
Would you like to take q pcepT
he asks, good-humoredly.
Putting your eye to the butt you see
two fine lines or shades cast into the
barrel by the ebony bar. They join at
the further end and gradually diverge.
No break occurs in them-the barrel is
perfect.
Another barrel is laid on the rest and
its position accurately adjusted. Look
ing through it you see the shades cast
by the bar broken at several placcs-the
barrel is crooked and imperfect. TAX.
ing it from the rest the operator lays it
upon a huge block of hardwood and
strikes it here a heavy blow and then a
light one, graduating the force with
great delicacy. Again the sight is
fixed on the bar, and ar observation of
the shades made, the alternate sighting
and hammering being repeated until the
lines of shade show no break. After
each hammering the barrel is rebored.
Toward the last almost impreceptible
crooks, known as "kinks," appear, and
as the barrel approaches perfection
greater and greater skill is called for in
its manipulation. Thus it is that a gun
barrel is Strengthened. The shades
show the most minute imperfections. -
Chicago Ne,os.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15
Ght.iafnana Mor,axnn.


What other daysfrom year to year
So fills The souls of men with cheer;
What memo les are half SO sweet
As those that in devotion meet,
On Christmas morning
The dawn upon the worlds long night
or him God sent to give it light
Hath spring Of joy and b,essedness
That faileth not nor groweth less,
On Christmas morn ng.
] cannot hear the Christmas chimes,
Or list to Christmas singers rhymes,
But tenderer my spirit grows,
And gladness all my speech o'erfows,
On Christmas morning.
I cannot greet young or old
But merry wishes manifold
Return to me: for like my own,
All hearts appear wide open thrown
On Christmas morning.
Our Christmas days on earth may be
Hoy few God knoweth-only He;
Yet may our lives SO Christlike grow
Easter day our hearts shall feel the glow
or Christmas morning.
With Christmas cheer for all tho year,
A heart set FREQ from care and fear
Our souls may rips for Advent grow,
And thus each year more gladness know
On Christmas morning.
BURTON West.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15
gtraightesssssg Gan Barrets.

Up asrickerty fight Of steps on the
westsside, keptin continual tremor by
the pulsations of : huge engine IN the
basement beneath IS . room Of modest
appointments. Bonding ever one 81 the
Denches II It may 30 seen almost any
day = ma of perhaps 10 years. Time
NkfelI has laid the frost 81 his
head scenes se have kipdlsd alrcsh the
sparkle n his clear, steady~eyes. The
windows of the room look out upon i
busy sthoroughfara. Against one Of
these hSags plate Of ground glass i
little morsfh han i foot square. Across
this plate IS listened horizontally i bar
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15
Queer Tesas Expressions.

Some of the queer things said are ssbig
rich' for very wealthy; 'iget shut for
to get rid of. A bag is a s'sack" and a
pail is a ssbuckct." Three water pals
or buckets full of peaches or potatoes
are called one bushel. We bought two
bushels of sweet potatoes and the man
put them in a half barrel-once a -four
barrel; quite a feat, Sir John thought,
so he measured two buckctfuls of Irish
potatoes and they made q WELL heaped
half-bushel. The proper way to sell
and buy is by weight, but no one does
it that we have found. Some Of the adj
j~ectives are actually stunning. .More
convenienter'' and .'most convenientistn
are fair samples Of country folks talk.
A garden full of weeds is .sfoul.n
mighty pretty" mighty nicc". Al
pretty day. fora pleasant day os-
ton Transcript.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15

The hardest useful labor is less ex.
hausting, in The long run, than exciting
pleasures. as most Of their devotees il
middle life sadly confess.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-01-15
ST. R ACADEMY,

OPELOUSAS. LA.
The course of instruction in this Institution embraces
English. French. Latin. Greek. Arithmetic. Algebra.
t;eometry, Book. keeping, Natural Sciences, History,
Geography, Penmanship, and great care is bestowed
OF Christian Instruction.
TERMs:-Board and tuition per month $l5; Day
Scholars per month, SO, So or 81, according TO eisss.
Glasses are resumed on Wednesday. September 18th
1895. REV. G. RAYMOND, ID, D..
REV. I. j. RAYMOND.
HENRY G.. LEWIS,
Aup. 90. 1885. A. BLANC DUQUEsNAT.
Daily Republican., 1887-06-22
WANAnAK1Ro'

It's boy nature to do that.
Happy parent when the
clothes spelling costs so lit
tie as it may today.
Small boys flannel laced
front blouse suits. Sort Of
shirt. waist and trousers, only
better, 50 now; have been
81 and S.. An all-sorts lot
of Cashmere Suits, with
short trousers at $3.50 and
S., Of which we have sold
many like them at So. And
sold them cheap. Good that
they are not instinct with
life. The quality would weep
at the price. Odd suits are
lonely. They don't realize
their destiny. But such prices
soon mend that:
And lots more at ampu-
tated prices. Homespun in
N orfolk blouses at IS; blue
hannels at So, So 50, S. and
Sc; blue serges at IS so,
$3.50 and $40; cassimeres at
So, $3.50, 81 50 and IS.
Some cheaper than others.
some 20, some 80. some 50
per cent. off. The prices are
dull reading, but the goods
make them eloquent.
Daily Republican., 1887-06-22
Philadelphia, wilmington 4 usItImss Riilrs,t

rhOsss'PnW, Wilmington / baltIMoIe hlIlfeio
juno 18th, 1887.
Trains will leave Wilmington - follows:
90, l6, 60. slo, ~. 10 OF, II 50. IL 81 o. u
IL 80, 80, n, 6 ~. o 20 and 90 D. m.
Acconmodation.6 0 70. I 90. 7 o., 10 50 q. m,
30, 90, 7 20, 80, 10 80 p. m.
For Chester foxpressl. . 80. ! 80. $50 $40,
s47, IL 80, II 81 .. m, IL 80, ~, 20 and 7.o@
2, m.
Accommodation. o 10, 90, 7 ob, SO, 10 u
a. m, s5, Z %, ! 20. 9 10 and 10 % p. m.
rev York, 2 90, 2h2, 40. $50. 100, $50
7oo. 10 So m.
tor W est Chester, via Lamokin, so ana
SIG a. m, a6 and 1 90 p. m.
For Newark tCentre) and Intermediate
stations, 42a. m, IA IS and q p. m.
baltimore and intermediate stations, 10 90
q. ~, 81 AMI II SO p. M.
| baltimore and Bay Line, k5 p. m.
Baitimore and Washington, / 20, = %, Q ~
ioo os, II 90 a: m, 100, 'Il7, 2 50, AA, 10
rains for delaware Division leave for:
Now Oastlo, o 60. 8 80 Q. M, IL Is, &c, Q %,
o26 p. IN. and IL o6 night,
Georgetown and Lewes, 8 30 .. m, and 10
p. m.
For Rehoboth, 80 .. IN. and 80 (Ex-
seaford (Express) 3 10 D. m.
harrington, Dsimar and way stations,s 20
| .. M, IL IS p. m.
train 0 rs p. N.
Express for Dover, Harrington and Del
mar, IL Of night.
franklin City, $50 q. m.
| Express for Oape Charles, Old Point Com.
tort and Norfolk, IL CO night.
Leave Philadelphia, Broad street, for
Wilmington (expressl, Il 70, . 80, Z 70, az,
. 10, 10 70, II Is, II ob .. m. 10, ei, C2,
40. sos, ST, eo7, o67, IL 20 p. n.
Accommodation q 40 IN IN a m n 4 -
%. n. 9 % 10 0S 10 10 ind II n D. n.
j. Il. WOOD,
0onsfAl Passenger AESat
tuARIDa y. prau f3NnarAl NJ anASo
Daily Republican., 1887-06-22

There is q great deal OF sentimental
gush used In regard to the memories
aud memen toes of the late civil war.
Many people do not ~aat to acknowl-
ed 70 that We ever had rebellion and .
contes: at arms, that Involved millions
o. men aud in which . million Of them
went down to death and disaster In the
Il sld OF battle, In the hospital from
wounds and In the camps from the fatal
In oidents Of tne bivouAo and march.
They would, to hear them talk, obllter-
ate every vestee o. martial strife,
lake the years from 1861 to 1865, q
vscuam Of nOshibsness, an empty
sounding space from which no thought
OF this brave deeds OF those who went
to death that our country might live,
could be heard These sentimental
egotists who favor the return OF the
rebel h,es, ara very pronounced In
favor Of bottiug ou. all remem ORANGES
OF the war. II they are sincerS why
do they want the f1sss returned? Ii
they want the botting ou5 program to
prevail, why not take the rebel ii lsgs
out on an open eq Iare and make . bon
fire Of them? This would bs more like
obliterA,iol than sending the fl ,gs back
to be preserved Ia the archives of the
States, coaspioul lus In tue rebellion,
where the rebels OF the South can by
the sight OF them have tnsir hear ared
by the same feeling Of dlsloyalty that
inspired them white they we're engaged
In M unholy aud wicked work. Ths
WAT 1. over, however, aud 40 truly pa.
trlotlo person wants 1t reopened. No
gushing OF sentiment, hoHever, will
entirely close the eyes Of loyalty to the
country and to the flag. There are
soms thing, connected witl that ocn-
t,,t that never can and never ought to
be for orsotten.
One side WAS wrong, bow could II
have been other wise? The righ hand
Of fellowship has been extended time
aud again to the erring brethren OF the
South. They have oeen f)rgiven, par
doned, restored to citizenship and tn,
most prominent leaders oosupy higt
positions In the government WAi
ever . nation more mag gnaaimous to itt
erring brethren Than the United S.ate
has bean to the S)u b? More could
not In justice be asked and ought not
to be expected The rsssors ion OF these
battle flags would not have made unior
more com plete or fello sshi p more gen.
uins. This action would not have wiped
out old memories OF the VAT This can
not be done In any manner.
The empty sleeve, the Que leg, ths
Scared face, tbe grassy mound with q
LITTLE flag sticking in IT, are Gil remind
ers OF the confllot, asd never can be
forgotten by either side, While we
talk sentimental gush over these things
We are erecting monu nents a. G st.ys.
burg, Anttetsn and Spostsy lvania.
Are not all these reminders OF the con.
tto!? IL is not vel TO entirely forget
them.
The greAs crime OF this last proposed
cownrdly surrender Ia that politi "a
capital Was to have been Manufactured
from these battle fl ,gs on The plea OF I
sentiment not ju-iaaole by Law o.
common sense. Ehsr the Presld On
or his superserviceAnle friends wer,
about using these trophies-for which
brave men oled aud died-'or the sac
religious and base purposes of partisan
politics.
Daily Republican., 1887-06-22
WAMAMAKnB's
PlILADaIPnIA. wsdnssaas. june "a 1851.

fHILADnLHkIAs Weoneeoe0s June "a lesT.
There 1t is. We see It as
we write. The unconscious
witness to a conscious lie;
the cotton remains of a
piece OF cashmere, cut from
a garment bought yesterday
which a mornings advertise
ment said was all 7V0ok. The
analysis showed 90 Per cent
cotton. Bah!
The strolling critic of ad'
vertislng meets discourage
ment on every hand, and
cries for Diogenes and hi:
lantern that the honest ad.
vertising man may be found
You may find a few of him
but you don't know how few
until you have the know
ledge and will take the time
to compare statement ane
fact.
Daily Republican., 1887-06-22

A UNION GENERAL, when he heard
OF the order TO urn the re- bel fl ags, Is
quoted as saying that In such cases
where the fig, were damaged and
blood-stained he War DspArmen
should append = sstement some ethin z
like thi.: "I regret 70 oe com oelled TO
return the flag in damaged condition
The over-zs.lous man WHO ospt1red Il
WAS 80 rhough,less and in lons!dera,e o.
to spill some o. his blood upon 1t. /
trust you viii forgive him and accept
the apology In his hehal" "